The Scartaglen

polka

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on June 20th 2003 by Tommy McCarty.

This tune has been added to 85 tunebooks.

Also known as Din Tarrant's No. 4, Din Tarrant’s, The Glen Cotage Polka No. 1, The Glen Cottage Polka No. 1, The Humours Of Ballydesmond, Kitty Wants A Soldier, Knocknaboul No. 1, The Knocknaboul No. 1, Knocknaboul No.1, Knocknaboul Polkas, Knocknaboul Polkas No. 1, The Knocknaboul, Knocknabower, The Knocknabower # 1, The Knocknabower Polka # 1, Knocknabower Polkas, Knocknabower Polkas No. 1, The Knocknabower, The Little Green Cottage, Scartaglen, The Trooper And The Maid.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• An Calmfhear: The Trooper by Johnny O'Leary
• Cairde Cairdín by Diarmuid O'Brien
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 8 by Matt Cunningham
• Danu by Danu
• Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
• Greenfire by Greenfire
• It's About Time by Allie Bennett
• Kerry Fiddles - Fiddle Music From Sliabh Luachra by Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford
• Long Distance by Nancy Conescu And Friends
• Lover's Ghost by Cran
• Marie And Martin Reilly by Marie And Martin Reilly
• Melodic Journeys by James Kelly
• Music From Sliabh Luachra by Denis Murphy
• Northern Lights by Kevin And Seamus Glackin
• Pay The Piper: Music For The Sets Volume 3 by Various Artists
• Scatter Pipes by Vicki Swan And Jonny Dyer
• Sceal Eile by Gerry Harrington And Eoghan O'Sullivan
• Sets In The City by Tipsy House
• Sully's Fancy by Tony Sullivan
• Sunday After Mass by Denis O Connor And Con Moynihan
• Tannahill Weavers IV by The Tannahill Weavers
• The Art Of Traditional Fiddle Playing by Matt Cranitch
• The Ballydesmond Polka by Dan Herlihy And John Drew
• The Chieftains 2 by The Chieftains
• The Flow by Chris Leslie
• The Iron Man by Tommy Peoples And Daithi Sproule
• The Ring Sessions by James Kelly
• The Roseland Barndance by North Cregg
• The Rushy Mountain: Classic Music From Sliabh Luachra 1952-77 by Various Artists
• The Star Above The Garter by Denis Murphy And Julia Clifford
• The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim by Noel Sweeney
• Wind And Reeds by Paudie O'Connor And John O'Brien
• Your Daughters And Your Sons by The Duhks

X: 1
T: Scartaglen, The
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Gmaj
|G2 G>A|Bd de/f/|gB B/A/G/A/|BA AB/A/|G2 G>A|Bd de/f/|gB AB/A/|G2 G2:|
|Bd g>g|fe e/f/g/e/|dB B/A/G/A/|BA A2|Bd g>g|fe e/f/g/e/|dB AB/A/|G2 G2:|
|g2 ag/a/|b2 b>a|gg ag/a/|b2 b>a|ge e/f/g/e/|dB g>e|dB AB/A/|G2 G2:|

The Scartaglen Polka

I've heard this tune in various places, one of which is on The Chieftains' second album. The entire tune bears a strong resemblence to If I Had Maggie in the Wood, particularly parts A and B, which are almost identical to those of the former. In fact, if you play both tunes together in a set, it hardly sounds like you've changed from one tune to another at all. I'm not exactly sure whether Maggie is a variant of The Scartaglen or if The Scartaglen is a variant of Maggie, and I think it's rather hard to tell anyway, so I'll just leave it at that.

# Posted on June 20th 2003 by Tommy McCarty

Scartaglen

A great tune Tommy, and one which I play a lot myself on mandolin. As for ornamentation, I tend to add this in the C part of the tune. Where you have the A G A B B A bit, try adding some tremolo. It sounds great. At the end, I usually finish on a single strum of a G chord, which tops it off nicely.

# Posted on June 21st 2003 by Highly Strung!!

"The Knocknaboul No. 1" ~ courtesy of Ptarmigan

M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: G Major
|: D |
G2 GA | Bd de/f/ | gB B/A/G/A/ | BA AB/A/ |
G2 GA | Bd de/f/ | gB AB | G2 G :|
|: A |
Bd ga/g/ | fe e/f/g/e/ | dB B/A/G/A/ | BA AG/A/ |
Bd ga/g/ | fe e/f/g/e/ | dB AB/A/ | G2 G :|
|: B/d/ |
gf/g/ ag/a/ | b2 ba | gf/g/ ag/a/ | b2 ba |
gf e/f/g/e/ | dB g>e | dB AB/A/ | G2 G :||

Submitted on July 24th 2006 by Ptarmigan.

# Posted on July 24th 2006 by ceolachan

~ transcription by Ptarmigan
from "The Ballydesmond Polka" by Dan Herlihy & John Drew
track 8, tune 2 of 3...

# Posted on July 24th 2006 by ceolachan

"The Trooper and the Maid"

This is the title for a tune an exact copy of this one in every detail ~ but minus the third part...

# Posted on July 24th 2006 by ceolachan